The Red-headed Woodpecker is Melanerpes erythrocephalus and red-headed woodpecker.
Red-headed woodpeckers catch insects in the air or on land for food and eat fruit from trees. They are omnivorous, eating insects, seeds, fruits, strawberries, nuts, and even the eggs of other birds. Two-thirds of their diet comes from plants. They build their nests in tree hollows, lampposts, or dead trees. They lay eggs in early May and take about two weeks to hatch. Two chicks can be raised at the same time each season. The northern ones migrate south, arriving around late April, mostly during breeding season, and leaving in late October before the start of winter. People in the south don't migrate.
Once abundant, the red-headed woodpecker declined in 1966 as it competed with European starlings for nesting sites and cleared dead trees. Most of the northwestern states of the United States have no habitat for the red-headed woodpecker. Ohio, for example, has had only an indefinite number of red-headed woodpeckers for years and is not self-sufficient. The red-headed woodpecker is currently listed as near threatened in Canada and endangered in the United States. Their numbers have been decimated by habitat loss.
Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1:2009 Bird Red List.
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